Student Achievements

Performing Arts

Vocal music

• Michigan School Vocal Music Association District Choral Festival –
  (first division rating – all choirs)
• Michigan School Vocal Music Association State Choral Festival –
  (first division rating – all choirs)
• 7 Michigan School Vocal Music Association Solo and Ensemble
  Festival awards (1 first division rating; 5 second division ratings;
  1 third division rating)

Instrumental Music

• 6 Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association District High
  School Festival awards (second division for both band and orchestra; 1 first division and 1 second division rating – sight-reading; 2 second division rating – performance)
• 23 Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association District Solo and
  Ensemble Festival awards
• 20 first division ratings (bassoon, cello, flute, piano, viola and violin solos;
  violin duet; string quartet)
• 3 second division ratings (violin solo; flute duet)
• 7 Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association State Solo and Ensemble
  Festival awards
  3 first division ratings (violin duet; violin solo; string quartet)
  4 second division ratings (cello, flute piano, and violin)
  2 Michigan Music Conference all-state orchestra awards
• 1 Michigan Youth Ministries State Fine Arts Festival superior ratings (violin solo)
• 1 student nominated for Outstanding Soloist (received perfect score for proficiency performance)
• American Guild of Music National Contest North American Violin Concerto champion

Composition

• 2 Honors Composition Contest winners
• 1 National Young Composers Competition of the Community Music
  School of Webster University (1^st place)
• 2 Pike’s Peak Young Composers Competition honorable mentions

fine arts

• 2 National Scholastic Art gold medals
• 1 National Scholastic Art silver medal portfolio
• 1 National Scholastic Art silver medal
• 4 National Scholastic Art awards (2 gold medals; 2 silver medals)
• 113 Southeastern Michigan Scholastic Art Awards
  1 Senior Portfolio Best in Show award winner
  6 Gold Key Art Portfolios
  1 Gold Key Photography Portfolio
  7 Special awards
  26 Gold Key awards
  32 Silver Key awards
  40 certificates
• 4 Michigan Art Education Association “Young@Art” works selected for state-wide traveling show
• 2 Michigan Youth Arts Festival exhibitor selections
• 1 Michigan Youth Arts Festival Governor’s Traveling Art Show exhibitor selection
• 4 Jewelers of Birmingham Scholarship Competition awards
  (2^nd place, 2 honorable mention, 1 People’s Choice award)
• 7 pieces exhibited – National Juried High School metals Exhibition

41 National Merit Scholarship Corporation Awards:

• 22 Finalists and Semi-finalists
• 4 Achievement Scholars
• 15 Commended Scholars

105 College Board Advanced Placement Awards:

• 29 Scholars
• 57 Scholars with Distinction
• 19 Scholars with Honors
• 1 State Scholar15 National Scholars
  
  30 Phi Beta Kappa Secondary School Certificates
  32 students inducted into National Cum Laude Society
  (16 seniors; 16 juniors)
  2 Presidential Scholars

1 perfect American College Testing (ACT) score
1 Michigan Siemens Foundation Award for Advanced Placement

English

• 11 Scholastic Writing awards (1 Silver Key; 10 honorable mentions)
• 2 Bloomfield Optimist Club Youth Appreciation awards
• 1 Michigan Youth Ministries State Fine Arts Festival superior ratings (poetry)

History

• National Peace Essay – 1^st place award
• 3 Michigan Social Studies Olympiad essay awards (gold, silver, bronze)
  

Math

• Michigan Math League – 1^st place team award
• Michigan Math League State – 2^nd place individual award
• Purple Comet Math Meet! 1^st place – (perfect score)
• 8 Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition awards, with 3 placing in the top 10
• 5 University of Michigan-Flint Math Field Day awards
  (Grand Champion - team; 4 – 1^st place individual awards)
• 1 Detroit News Catch Outstanding High School Graduate Program in Mathematics award
• 1 National Semifinalist in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
• 1 USA Mathematics Olympiad Qualifier (33^rd in nation)
• William H. Fagerstrom Memorial Silver Cup
• 1 perfect score on American Math Competition (AMC 12)
• Math Team ranked 22^nd in North America in American Math Competition (AMC 12)
• 2 USA Mathematics Olympiad Qualifiers

Science

• 53 Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD) Awards (1 grand award; 7 – 1^st place; 8 – 2^nd place; 8 – 3^rd place; 16 outstanding project; 10 award of excellence; 3 honorable mention)
• 1 runner-up Environmental Management Association
• 1 runner-up Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Southeastern Michigan
• 5 Science Olympiad 1^st place awards
• 1 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair award (4^th place Environmental Science)
• 5 Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Science Project Contest winners (1-1^st place; 2-2^nd place; 2 – 3^rd place)
• 3 Michigan Environmental Management Association award winners (1 grand prize; 1 – 2^nd place; 1 – 3^rd place)
• 1 Wayne State University Shaap Chemistry Symposium presenter (only high school student invited to present amongst 70 graduate students)
• 1 runner-up U.S. Brain Bee (2-day neuroscience competition)
• 5 Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Regional qualifiers
• 2 Junior Science and Humanities Symposium National qualifiers
• 1 Michigan State Science Fair Grand Award
• Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) state champion Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) squad, Jr. Varsity and Varsity
• 1 The Detroit News “The Best and Brightest” award (science)

World Languages

• 14 National French Contest Exam awards, with all award recipients placing in the top ten
• 69 National Spanish Exam awards (13 gold; 27 silver; 29 bronze)
• 32 National Latin Exam awards (1 Carter-Drake-Stubbs-Goad Book Award; 9 gold; 14 silver; 3 Magna Cum Laude certificates; 5 Cum Laude certificates)
• 4 National Japanese Exam awards (1 gold; 2 silver; 1 bronze)
  

Computer Programming

• 5 Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) Special Interest Group for Computer Science (SIGCS) and Eastern Michigan University 3^rd Annual Programming Competition winners

Destination Imagination

• 18 Regional Finals award recipients

Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)

• International marketing and business educational club DECA State Finalist award (International Business Plan)
  

Forensics/Debate

• 13 Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association State Tournament Awards, with 9 placing in the top 10 and all DCDS competitors placing in the top 20

Model United Nations

• 5 Twenty-Fourth Annual Model United Nations of the University of Chicago Competition awards (top honors – best committee delegate; 4 honorable mention)
• WEMUN EXPO Model United Nation’s Conference Best Delegate Research Award (1st Place)
• 5 Michigan State Model United Nations awards (3 honorable mentions; 2 book awards)
• Princeton Model United Nations Conference Essay Contest award (1^st Place)
  

Quiz Bowl

• Inter-County Quiz Bowl league champions
• Class B state champion
• 1 Quiz Bowl all-state

Student Publications

• American Scholastic Press Association awards
  1^st place with Special Merit– The Day Times student newspaper
  1^st place – Blue and Gold yearbook
  1^st place – Eyeline visual arts magazine
  1^st place – Spectrum poetry magazine
• Columbia Scholastic Press Association gold medal - The Day Times student newspaper
• Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
  1 silver medal - The Day Times student newspaper
  2 gold medals – best opinion article in the state
  

Other Awards

• 1 D.A.R. Good Citizen award
• 2 The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE, Inc.) Youth Entrepreneurs Program Business Plan Competition winners
• 2 The Observer and Eccentric Newspapers “Academic All-Stars”
• 3 Bloomfield Optimist Club Youth Appreciation awards
• 5 Michigan High School and Junior High Chess Championship State Tournament awards (3 Individual bronze medals; 9^th place championship section - team; 5^th place reserve section - team)
• 3 University of Michigan’s Center for Japanese Studies Photo Contest awards (2 – 2^nd place; 1 – 3^rd place)
• 1 Detroit Free Press Scholar Athlete award

Basketball

• Women’s Basketball district and regional champions
• 2 Women’s Basketball all-state awards
• Men’s Basketball district and regional champions
• Men’s Basketball state semi-finalist
  

Field Hockey

• 3 Field Hockey academic all-state
• 2 Field Hockey all-state, 1^st team

Figure Skating

• Figure Skating State Champion
• 5 Garden City Invitational Figure Skating awards (1 gold medal; 3 silver medals; 1 bronze medal)
• 3 Varsity Unified Figure Skating Team awards (2 – 1^st place; 1 – 2^nd place)
• 2 Midwestern Sectionals Figure Skating Championship gold medals
  

Golf

• Women’s Varsity Golf regional runner-up2
  
• Women’s Varsity Golf all-state honorable mention
• 1 Women’s Varsity Golf academic all-state
• 1 Women’s Varsity Golf academic all-state honorable mention
• Women’s Junior Varsity Golf Springdale Tournament champion
• Women’s Varsity Golf Hudson Mill Tournament champion
• Men’s Varsity Golf regional runner-up
• Men’s Varsity Golf state qualifier

Hockey

• 2 Women’s Varsity Hockey all-state honorable mention
• 5 Women’s Varsity Hockey all-academic awards
• 2 Men’s Varsity Hockey all-state (Division 3)

Lacrosse

• 5 Midwest Scholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association all-league honors
• 2 members selected to Titanium Elite Lacrosse Team
• 7 Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) all-state awards (4 first team; 3 second team)
• 4 Men’s Lacrosse academic all-state awards
• Men’s Lacrosse honorable mention (Division 2)
• runner-up Men’s Lacrosse State Finals

Sailing

• 2 Varsity Sailing Team state championships
• 3 Varsity Sailing Team Macataway Bay Yacht Club Junior Olympics Regatta awards (1^st, 2^nd, and 4^th place)

Skiing

• 4 Boyne City Invitational awards (3^rd place women’s slalom; 6^th place women’s giant slalom; 7^th and 10^th place men’s slalom)

Soccer

• Men’s Varsity Soccer district and regional champion
• Men’s Varsity Soccer state champion (12^th state championship)
• 4 Men’s Soccer all-state awards (2 – 1^st team, 1 – 2^nd team, 1 – 3^rd team)
• 5 Women’s Soccer all-state awards (1, first team; 2 second team; 2 third team)

Softball

• 1 Softball all-state
  

Swimming

• 4 academic all-American
• New school record in swimming for the Men’s 100 yard butterfly
• Women’s Varsity swim team placed 8^th in state
• 3 Women’s Varsity swimming all-state awards

Tennis

• 5 Women’s Varsity Tennis Championship awards (2 state champions; 1 – 2^nd place; 2 – 3^rd place)
• 1 Women’s Allegan Tennis Invitational champion (tied) (1 singles runner-up; 2 singles champions; 2 doubles champions; 1 doubles 3^rd place)
• Men’s Varsity Tennis state champion (Division 3) (4 state champs, 1 – 32^nd place)
• Men’s Varsity Tennis Midland Dow Quad Tournament champion
• Midwest Open Championship Boys 16s Tennis champion

Track and Field

• Varsity Track and Field Michigan High School Athletic Association State Finals:
  • Women’s 100 m relay – 1^st place (new State Finals Record)
  • Women’s 4 x 200 m relay – 1^st place
  • Women’s 4 x 100 m relay – 1^st place
  • Women’s 400 m – 1^st place
  • Men’s 4 x 800 relay – (new school record)
  • Men’s 400 m – 2^nd place
• 6 Women’s Oakland County champions:
  • discus
  • shot put
  • 100 m dash (new lower peninsula Division 2 final meet record)
  • 400 m relay
  • 400 m dash (new lower peninsula Division 2 final meet record)
  • 800 m relay (new school record)
• 2 Women’s Oakland County runners-up:
  • 100 m
  • 400 m relay (new school record)
• Tied for Women’s Track and Field state champion
• 1 Men’s Oakland County champion - 400 m
• 1 International Association of Athletes Federation (IAFF) Medley Relay silver medalists
• 1 United States of America Track & Field (USATF) Junior Outdoor National Award (3^rd place, 400 meter)
• Women’s shot put new school record
• Men’s Cross Country Regional Winners
• 3 Men’s Cross Country all-regional honors

Other Athletic Awards

• American Powerlifting Federation – Amateur American Powerlifting
• Federation Michigan Powerlifting Championship (set new American AAPF record)
• 3 Ferndale Patch Top 10 High School Athletes of the Year
• Birmingham Fall Athlete of the Season
• 1 Under Armour Baseball Factory’s National Team member